question about exporting a car from the US

[CandC2009]

Hi! I am trying to plan for when my hubby gets his PPR (soon I hope!) and and trying to plan fininacially as well.
My hubby is visiting me in Canada while we wait and he has his car with him. Now I know you have to send in the paperwork to the American Border 72 hours in advance and we plan on going to Buffalo when we do get his PPR. Heres the question: Does his car have to be Physically in the US for that 72 hour period? (want to know if we have to get a hotel etc) or can we just fax them the paperwork 72 hours before we plan on crossing to go to Buffalo?

if anyone has any experience help would be welcome

[CandC2009]

ugh! trying to research this sucks! all the sites are about people buying a car and bringing it to the border might have to call the border and ask

[fizzlefunk]

I'm in the same boat.  I called US Customs at the border crossing I plan to land at and they emailed me a document with all the info for vehicle exporting.  Underlined, bolded, AND italicized multiple times is the following:

the vehicle must be in the United States for the 3-business days

I'm currently in Canada as a visitor, so it looks like I'll be taking a short vacation to Washington!  They said the 3 business days starts the moment you fax your documentation in. Call the CBP at the border crossing -- the RIV site has all the contact info for the different ports of entry.  They'll give you specific information for your border crossing.

[CandC2009]

I'm in the same boat.  I called US Customs at the border crossing I plan to land at and they emailed me a document with all the info for vehicle exporting.  Underlined, bolded, AND italicized multiple times is the following:

I'm currently in Canada as a visitor, so it looks like I'll be taking a short vacation to Washington!  They said the 3 business days starts the moment you fax your documentation in. Call the CBP at the border crossing -- the RIV site has all the contact info for the different ports of entry.  They'll give you specific information for your border crossing.

crap...3 buisness days? i thought it was just 72 hours

[fizzlefunk]

Well, if you have three consecutive business days, that's 72 hours

[CandC2009]

lol i wanted to count saturday oh well....just means ill have to move around some of my vacation days when the time comes....and rent a truck and trailer (the car has expired plates on it) so we're going to tow it to and from the border now....just have to figure out if U Haul will let us rent the truck and trailor for 5 days oh well now I can figure out how much i'm going to need to save up for this trek.